Gracious Losers

A couple of nice quotes from the French rugby management after their 47-3 demolition at the hands of the All Blacks over the weekend. First, Coach Bernard Laporte...

There's nothing to be said. They were far superior - they are much better than us. We thought we'd be a bit more competitive than that. We feel very inferior. They are playing a better game. We were completely impotent really in terms of our commitment and they really did want to play hard.

...and Manager Jo Maso...

We were flooded by a tidal wave. We met a great side, with superior athleticism and class, and we were not up to it. It was a failure.